Varsity Blues Part 1: The "Secret Menu" of College Admissions

Getting into college is much less stressful when your parents are paying a college consultant to pretend that you're on the crew team when you've never rowed in your life. Or paying that same college consultant to get someone else to take your SATs for you. That's right — this week we're going deep on the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal. Come along as we discuss the LA dad who inadvertently tipped the feds off to the scheme, bad water polo Photoshop, and a connection to a previous episode that makes us realize that all rich people know each other.This is Part 1! There was so much to talk about that we'll be finishing up next week.Email us at toomuchmoneypodcast@gmail.com! Too Much Money is hosted and produced by Jo Piazza and Doree Shafrir. Music is by Lisa Brenner.Sources for this episode:https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-morrie-tobin-college-admissions-scandal-20190331-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-12/college-admissions-scandal-morrie-tobin-sentencedhttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-college-admissions-scam-tipsters-prison-sentence-reduced-4-months-stock-fraud-2021-10-01/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/to-cheat-and-lie-in-la-college-admissions-scandalhttps://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/09/ex-ceo-says-prison-in-varsity-blues-scandal-torture-under-un-standards/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-22/operation-varsity-blues-how-pimco-s-ceo-fought-college-admissions-scandalhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/admissions-cheating-scandal-consultants.htmlhttps://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/02/12/suit-reveals-elite-college-consultants-charged-family-15-million Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Does being a billionaire make you crazy or do you need to be crazy to be a billionaire? Too Much Money is a podcast that attempts to answer this question by telling stories about people who have more money than they know what to do with, and use it in ways that are sometimes foolish, often petty, and often ridiculous. Each week, Jo Piazza and Doree Shafrir go deep into the story of one of these extremely rich people and how they’ve spent their money: like $500 million yachts, $250,000 dinosaur fossils, and years-long feuds with their neighbors over ocean views. After all, maybe you CAN be too rich. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.